Originally posted by DVPGSR
Unlike the title of this thread says the US is not an Empire...we do not conquer other nations and then keep them for ourselves. Look at what we did to Japan and Germany after WWII!!!
You might remember this thing called the British colonial empire... it worked something like this:
Originally posted by Sticky_D
We do, however, defeat other nations, set up U.S-friendly governments, and place a large military presence there.